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>>1062484
>Assuming that private ownership won't cut down significantly on the ability enjoy nature
and why would you assume that?

>>1062485
Assume that there's a clause in the act passed to allow selling off the parks that orders private buyers to maintain public access to those lands.

>>1062494
then you won't get anywhere near the maximum value you're suggesting. and lawyers WILL find a loophole.

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>>1078462
So /out/, I've been attempting to fish in the lower tributaries of the Chesapeake bay, (James and York river), for the better part of three years now and can't seem to catch anything other than Croaker and Spot. I've been using basic bottom or high low rigs whilst drift fishing, usually baited with squid strips on circle hooks around size 1/0 to 4, I've also used bucktails, soft lures, live eels, and menhaden all to no success.

I'm generally using a 15ft skiff so I prefer to stay in the rivers since running out to the CBBT can get hairy if you couldn't make it back to Lynnhaven and the weather turned south. In terms of locations during Striped bass season I'll troll the bridges (64,664,JRB,Coleman) and during the summer I try to fish around the steeper channel shelves and creek inlets going for flounder, or anything else that's good eating.

What exactly am I doing wrong? I'm assuming the tides have a general effect on the feeding habits of fish, but due to time constraints I usually don't have the luxury of going out at a specific point of the cycle.

>>1078462
>That starved catfish

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BUY SAVAGE GEAR LURES

OR BAT BELLY FACE WILL HAUNT YOUR FAVORITE HOLE.

(Biggest scam in fishing industry?)

>>1078421
start hiking at 8-9am and stop hiking at around 4-5. Eat, shoot the shit, and then fall asleep.

>>1078421
Backpacking 7 miles is something I'd only do on an extremely taxing, mountainous day. If you're on flat ground (I'm assuming it was flat because midwest) you should plan on 10-15 miles a day, easily. It was probably a good idea to be conservative for your first backpacking trip, however.

Basically I just chill and read. After hiking all day you'll usually be so tired you'll pass out almost immediately after it gets dark.

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>>1078426
It was cliffy the 3rd day, 7 miles felt plenty. We ended up reaching camp at 3 every day. First 2 days were definitely very light, but my father is 50+ and out of shape. It's no mountain, but it's pretty up and down

>>1078112
No.
Tell people where you're going and when you expect to be back.
Unless you don't want help if everything turns fucky.

Enjoy being SAR'd

>>1078122
Should add that this doesn't have to be your mom. It could be friends or other relatives.

It's a tool. Tools get worn.

>>1077836
I know, I don't even care if my car gets beat up, it just feels different with something like this

>>1077833
Don't worry OP a lot of younger gay men struggle with this issue

>>1077807
This is /out/, not /consumer/ or /shill/.

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>>1077808
I'm not shilling. I'm just looking for honest answers. I want to try it but its not a big thing in America and kind of expensive so I resorted to the internet for some good ole advice. Folks post all the time asking about how good a pack is or whatever other /out/ product they are interested in. So what makes a psychedelic that could enhance your /out/ experience different.

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>>1077811
If you don't see the difference in relevance to /out/ between this and a backpack you are stupid or a newfag. Lurk moar.

Bumping because I have also thought about doing this

Sounds dumb. Don't do it.

You'll never do it and post the results here.

>>1076521
>I'm a geologist
sure you are, buddy.
at no point in all your studies did anyone mention specific gravity or gravity separation.

I'm an actual geologist and I know how to pan gold. It's a requirement if you're going to engage in statistical sampling to locate a gold source (outcropping).

I have no stories, the method is simple and easy to learn. I've panned pounds of gold in my life. There are some secrets about where to sample, but simple knowledge of gravity, alluvial sorting, and false and real bedrock is all you need. Stuff any real geologist would know.

I grew up in a former gold mining town and tried it a couple of times, didn't find a heck of a lot bit did end up with lots of tiny rubies, zircons and stuff so they're fairly interesting.
Best bets around streams for alluvial gold is where the water slows down, before it goes into a wider section or pool, in between boulders and inside bends of rivers

>>1076527
>sure you are, buddy.
I indeed am, and of course I know
>specific gravity or gravity separation.
That's the whole thing why gold panning works (and will most likely result in black sands for me…). But I mostly went for hydrogeology, so gold is not something I am too familiar with, so I'm trying to catch up a bit on a hobbyist level.

> locate a gold source (outcropping).
I know the outcrops from the literature about the area and I know which creeks could contain some, but I'm not going to start to dig a handmade mine into a hillside that has been deemed uneconomical.

>>1076472
Fuck right off. Keep an eye out for the mother.

>>1076472
So cute!
Cuddle with them, do some babysitting, maybe their mother shows up, if not I bring them to the ranger station.

>>1076472
>unzips .454 casull revolver

Crabs are the honey badgers of the sea. Australia is the honey badger of the anglo sphere.

Look at popular beaches from overhead, like from sat imaging, and you'll see sharks just chillin on the outskirts of all the people.

Australia: not even once

Own the Aegismax quilt.
The fabric is quite thin however it is breathable unlike the aegismax sleeping bags.

I use mine for warmer and more consistent weather. It does the job well just dont go pushing it.

>>1075872
The Aegismax would be a late spring to early fall option for me I think. Good to know about the fabric. Thanks buddy.

I use a sleeping bag liner and wool blanket

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shooting drug mules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cuqh5ThQiQ

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>>1075651
Get your super kewl commemorative pin for hiking the five peaks in Mission Trails.

I finished my last one this weekend.

>>1075801
That actually seems like a pretty neat little challenge, might be interested in doing it. How difficult are the hikes? Only hike I've done this season is a hike to the top of Vernal Falls in Yosemite and that one kicked my ass pretty good. Are there a lot of steep vertical sections?

Keep walking I guess. Try not to shit your panties because that might simultaneously anger and arouse them.

>>1075095
He pretty much did everything right. You don't want to try to scare a mommy grizzly, you don't want to turn your back, you do want to talk calmly and walk slowly. The only thing I would have done differently is that I would have gotten off the trail, the bears probably use it frequently and had no reason to make way for a human.

Walk off the trail

Sanitation

Some areas only require park rangers to have a high school diploma.

Wildland firefighter if you can hack it

>>1068545
Outfitting ofc

One time I was walking in the woods at night, and I saw Satan.

>>1060725
too spooky

>>1060602
No big spoopy, but once while onnatrail I saw a big wolf about 30 m out, it looked at me and smiled. First I registered that it is a dog, felt a strong threat, maybe it will eventually attack although clearly had a doge smile. It lasted a few seconds (so it felt), and I reached for my knife in a small panic just in case. When looking back up, the wolf was gone.

I was puzzled, but it turned out it was a tree trunk which looked doggish from a far. The weird part was it lasted so long, really spooked me.

Dunno if injuns have stories of meeting illusionary wolves in forests, guessing it is common to daydream off after walking a monotonous trail.